| Jimmy Atkinson | |
| Fullname: | James Atkinson |
| Birth Date: | 1886 |
| Birth Place: | Manchester, England |
| Position: | Inside forward, wing half |
| Clubs1: | Newton Heath Athletic |
| Years2: | 190?–1905 |
| Clubs2: | Sale Holmefield |
| Years3: | 1905–1908 |
| Caps3: | 3 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 1908–1909 |
| Caps4: | 32 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Years5: | 1909–1910 |
| Caps5: | 40 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 1910–19?? |
| Clubs6: | Barrow |
James Atkinson (1886 – after 1910) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward or wing half in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers.
Atkinson was born in 1886 in Manchester,[1] and was playing Manchester League football for Newton Heath Athletic by the age of 15. He moved on to Sale Holmefield, had a trial with Manchester United that came to nothing, then signed for Bolton Wanderers in March 1905. He scored on his debut in the First Division a year later, but played only twice more in the league before spending the 1908–09 Southern League season as Brighton & Hove Albion's regular left half.[2] A season with another Southern League club, Exeter City, followed, and he then joined Barrow of the Lancashire Combination.[3]